stuff. when she was quiet or anything, i knew something was wrong with her. she was up to something. when are you supposed to go home? march? you have stayed clean? yes. good. are you proud of me? i wouldn t go that far but good. chance for drugs in here, i did for a minute last time when i was here. all i wanted to do is get high. so get high, get high, get high. how would someone get drugs in here? well, all women have a a pocket. that s how. anytime nic anybody is brought in to jail in to custody they are subject to stripped before they come to the housing unit. we take their clothing and they bend over and squat. use your hands to separate the butt cheeks, all the way. cough. [ coughing ] if something falls out or we
quick and get out of here and never come back, right? all right. all right. you don t need to be coming in here. have a seat and the deputy will come and they re going to search you and then you ll go inside. okay. before markert is taken to her housing unit, she must undergo a full body strip search by a female deputy. all right. take your pants off. and i ll take those. take your socks off and turn them inside out. go ahead and separate your feet, a wide stance, step back so you don t hit your head. bend forward. you re going to bend forward all the way. use your hands to separate your butt cheeks all the way, cough three times, really hard. cough. all right. go ahead and get dressed. this is your first time in santa rita? yeah. welcome to santa rita. go ahead and grab your stuff. that felt uncomfortable, like, getting undressed in front
serious. you know, this is real stuff here. it s scary. i m worried about getting beat up by other inmates. they try to make it as safe an environment as possible, but you never know what s going to happen. we ve accompanied these inmates and many others through one of the more discomforting aspects of intake. the strip search. then our intake officer will take them one at a time back into a strip room, do a visual cavity search. shorts and all that too? yep. they try to do it with a level of dignity and respect so as not to make the person uncomfortable. okay. bend over, spread your butt cheeks. thank you. what size of underwear? because utah receives a relatively small number of new arrivals on intake days, officers can make the process more comfortable for the inmates. we found a very different atmosphere at the sprawling and constantly bustling los angeles county jail.
search. searching all that too? yep. they try to do it with a level of dignity and respect to not make the person uncomfortable. bend over and spread your butt cheeks. thank you. what size of underwear? because utah receives a relatively small number of new arrivals on intake days, officers can make the process more comfortable for inmates. we found a very different atmosphere at the sprawling and constantly bustling los angeles county jail. stand up, spread your feet. shoulder width apart. lift up your left foot, wiggle your toes. l.a. county, which is probably one of the largest jail systems in the world, is a completely different experience. drop them, turn around. and the inmate reception center is gigantic. you know, they get 400 guys a day. 2,000 a week. hands up. hands over in place. reach back.
aspects of intake. the strip search. our intake officer will take them one at a time back into a strip room, do a visual cavity search. searching all that too? yep. they try to do it with a level of dignity and respect to not make the person uncomfortable. bend over and spread your butt cheeks. thank you. what size of underwear? because utah receives a relatively small number of new arrivals on intake days, officers can make the process more comfortable for inmates. we found a very different atmosphere at the sprawling and constantly bustling los angeles county jail. stand up, spread your feet. shoulder width apart. lift up your left foot, wiggle your toes. l.a. county, which is probably one of the largest jail systems in the world, is a completely different experience. drop them, turn around. and the inmate reception center is gigantic. you know, they get 400 guys a day. 2,000 a week. hands up. hands over in place. reach back. no talking. no laughing.